Lead Developer

Overview

Lead Developers act as the primary point of contact for clients, ensuring teams are successful in their delivery. The role combines a strategic mindset with hands-on coding, guiding and coaching teams on implementation.

What you'll do

• Champion and adopt best practices such as writing clean and reusable code using TDD, pair programming and design patterns.
• Oversee or take part in the entire cycle of software consulting and delivery, from ideation to evolution in production and everything in between.
• Use and advocate for continuous delivery practices to deliver high-quality software and value to end customers as early as possible.
• Design solutions and choose technologies that solve clients' problems while working within constraints and making pragmatic tradeoffs.
• Collaborate with a variety of teammates to build features, design concepts and interactive prototypes, and ensure best practices and UX specifications are embedded along the way.
• Apply the latest technology thinking from the Technology Radar to solve client problems.
• Apply a variety of languages and tools to your work and continue to code alongside Developers; you will not be post-technical in this role.
• Efficiently utilize and champion DevSecOps tools and practices to build and deploy software, advocating devops culture and shifting security left in development.
• Cultivate Thoughtworker growth and development by encouraging feedback and fostering an inclusive, supportive team culture.

What you'll need

• Well-versed in two or more languages, including Java and React/Angular, and comfortable with the latest Object-Oriented technology.
• Have led software development teams using Agile, Lean and/or Continuous delivery approaches.
• Knowledge of delivery approaches such as TDD, continuous integration, pairing and infrastructure automation.
• Knowledge of cloud technology such as AWS, Docker or Kubernetes.
• Enjoy continuously learning and improving, whether through functional programming paradigms, event driven architecture, platform engineering or others.
• Experience influencing others and always advocate for technical excellence while being open to change when needed.
• Able to bridge product and technology by helping to translate business needs to software requirements.
• Ability to develop and execute a technical vision with a focus on business value.
• Act as a mentor for less experienced peers through technical knowledge and the ability to inspire a team to deliver extraordinary impact together.
• Resilient in ambiguous situations and able to approach challenges from multiple perspectives.

Details

• Location: Bangalore, India.
• Work mode: Hybrid (#LI-Hybrid).